Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
East Asia, European Union
  
France
  
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Dankon
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Bonan nokton
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Mi petas
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
  
désolé
  
Bye
Ĝis poste
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Mi amas vin
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Not present
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.20 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million
  
34
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Esperanto
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
Français
  
French Name
espéranto
  
français
  
German Name
Esperanto
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1887
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Esperanto
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signuno
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eo
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
epo
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
epo
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
epo
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
espe1235
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Constructed
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Esperanto and French Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Esperanto and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and French language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs French Difficulty
The Esperanto vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto Alphabets and French Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Esperanto and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.